Storytime

Edison – Ed for short – was a zippy electric car. He had shiny paintwork, a sleek streamlined shape, smart wheels and headlights that looked like he meant business. He had only been parked outside his new owner’s house for a few minutes when he hear

Once a young farmer led his cattle all the way from Wales to London to sell. It was a difficult journey as this was long before the days of cars and trains. The farmer did well and sold his cattle. He was heading over London Bridge feeling pleased w

Everybody in Storyland knew that Princess Meribel was a real princess. She had proved it when she slept on a bed of forty mattresses and quilts, and still felt a tiny pea hidden at the bottom. Prince Peter was overjoyed to have found a real princes

Once upon a time a little girl called Masha lived happily with her grandmother, grandfather and pet dogs in a little red cottage next to a big forest. One day, Masha’s friends knocked at her door. “We’re going berry picking in the forest. Would you

Long ago in southern Nigeria, Thunder and Lightning lived among the ordinary people like you and me. Thunder was an old sheep and her son Lightning was a young ram. The king made them live at the far end of the village because of Lightning’s fierce

One day, a wolf was stalking through the forest when she found a mirror on the ground. She picked it up to show her friends. Gathering them all together, she announced, “I have found something magical. You can look into it and see yourself and the

Once there was a sultan who had three sons. The eldest was called Houssain, the second was Ali and the third was Ahmed, and they were all in love with the same princess. Princess Nouronnihar was clever, courageous and beautiful, but she was also th